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We are a German family living in the countryside in Benajarafe, 30 minutes east of Malaga.
Gerhard (49) is an online journalist and Maren (38) is a language teacher and translator. Our son Levi was born in November 2022.
We own and manage a holiday rental finca in Benajarafe and a couple of other properties.
We have 1 dog and 1 cat.
At the moment we are looking for a Spanish speaker or someone who speaks German to help us with a variety of tasks.
We are looking for a kind, child- and animal loving person who wants to become part of our family for a while.
We need a bit of help with everything around daily life.
Playing with our son, maybe walk our dog every now and then and a little bit of cleaning like vacuuming and mopping and sweeping the terrace, but not much.
Ideally some spring cleaning and tasks and sorting out stuff that we never get around to doing.
There is also some gardening to be done if you like or if you are good at fixing things/painting there are always some things that need improving.
We usually make a to do list that our volunteers can work on independently.
Of course you must be an animal lover and it would be great if we could go away for a long weekend while you look after our animals once they know you (not a must)
We also regularly rescue animals and possibly need some help with that or help with catching some street cats for castration
You can also help us at our Finca- gardening or painting or come up with new ideas. We would also love to have a website.
Also we would love to have someone who likes to cook🙂 We like cooking too,but always tend to eat the same things.
So would really love to take turns at cooking, so one day one of us cooks for all of us and one day you.
We invite you to practice your German with us if you are not a native speaker or also English as we're both fluent in English.
We have been travelling a lot around the world ourselves, Maren has also been a volunteer, and we are looking to host likeminded people.
We love travelling, meeting other people from other cultures.
We are looking for mature (mentality, not necessarily age) and independent people who don't need our care and entertainment 24/7.
We love the company, cooking together, eating together etc, but we also like our privacy (especially in the evening when we like to retreat after Levi has gone to bed, then we reallyaren't for socializing anymore).
Also Maren has chronic migraine,so sometimes just needs some quiet time (the main reason why we need some help with Levi).
Please be aware that we are in the countryside and the beach, shops, bus stop are a 30 minute walk away (although we might sometimes be able to give you a ride).
So if you are easily bored or don't like walking this might not be the right place for you.
We can only host a single volunteer at the moment.
Ideally we're looking for someone who can stay around 4 weeks to be able to form a connection, but we can also host for just a week or so and give you a variety of small tasks (if the timing is right)
Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practice
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
House sitting
Interests
Sustainability
Vegetarian or vegan
Charity work
Pets
Languages
Cooking & food
Nature
Books
Animals
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
If you love children and animals, you will love our little ones ❤️
You can practice your German or English with us
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Help
Help with our little son (just playing, no "serious" duties), help him learn Spanish if native Speaker
Help with light household chores like vacuuming or mopping
Spring cleaning
Gardening
Help with our cats and dogs and possiby rescue animals
Cooking
Fixing things / handyman work
Teaching Spanish / language practice
organizing storage room/garage
Housesitting once the animals know you
Languages
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Spanish: IntermediateThis host offers a language exchange
Our native language is German and we speak English fluently, so could help you with those Interested in improving our Spanish Interested in improving my Spanish (which is pretty good already) or learn some Portuguese, Italian, Indonesian
Accommodation
Your own room and bathroom in our house in the independent semi-souterrain
We have a big house with a pool and a garden and sea view in the countryside
What else ...
We are one vegetarian and one meat eater, so all welcome.
Volunteering schedule is somewhat flexible, but we expect you to do the hours. also we sometimes need help at specific times
we are in the countryside and the town of Benajarafe with the shops, beach, bus stop (to Malaga or in the other direction) is a 30 minute walk away (we can also sometimes give you a ride)
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
This host has indicated that they love having digital nomads stay.
Space for parking camper vans
You can park opposite the house or in our garden
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
My animals / pets
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She is good company, uncomplicated, good with children and animals and always happy to help.
Highly recommend her to any host.
She fit right in and got on really well with Levi from the start.
She was so easy to be around, good company, but also giving us the space we needed.
You never had to ask her to do anything, she's very hands on and always saw what needed to be done and also had good ideas and proactively found herself… read more
It was kind of an awkward atmosphere from the beginning, something we have not known from previous workaway exchanges.
They did not really talk to us and also mostly ignored our little son unless "they… read more
Leider war es nicht ganz so wie wir es uns vorgestellt haben. Vom Haus aus geht man um die 30min zum… read more
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She is good company, uncomplicated, good with children and animals and always happy to help.
Highly recommend her to any host.
She fit right in and got on really well with Levi from the start.
She was so easy to be around, good company, but also giving us the space we needed.
You never had to ask her to do anything, she's very hands on and always saw what needed to be done and also had good ideas and proactively found herself… read more
It was kind of an awkward atmosphere from the beginning, something we have not known from previous workaway exchanges.
They did not really talk to us and also mostly ignored our little son unless "they… read more
Leider war es nicht ganz so wie wir es uns vorgestellt haben. Vom Haus aus geht man um die 30min zum… read more
We couldn't have asked for a better "big sister" for him.
Anita is very sweet and considerate and we enjoyed having her around.
Levi loved playing with her and she was so nice and helpful and also very proactive and always found herself something to do.
She was a great help with our little son as he absolutely loved her.
She also looked after our animals while we went on holiday,they all loved her too 🙂
They were always motivated and hands on and good company.
Would have them back any time :-)
They are both very handy and fixed a lot of things.
They do their work independently and are super reliable.
Both are easy going and good company, we really enjoyed having them here!
They are easy going, nice company and bonded well with our animals.
They helped us with a variety of tasks - vet trips, cleaning, gardening, translating,...
Just give them a task and they'll happily do it!
They also had some own ideas which we always welcome.
When we went away for… read more
